lawrencefitzgerald.bsky.social
Woke, do-gooder, snowflake, bleeding heart, gay, old git, democratic socialist, Liverpudlian living in Glasgow since 1993.
👤 Joined on 15 Kasım 2024
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@lawrencefitzgerald.bsky.socialLabour's playing fantasy budgeting: their forecasts don’t add up, and that matters. The forecasts show that many households' incomes will fall, mortgage costs will rise, and more households will go into debt. These are the true budget headlines. youtu.be/-p2_Wut74Ys?...
Show Post"What has the European Convention of Human Rights ever done for us?" Bless you, Patrick Stewart. You were the best of us.
Show PostPainful' years ahead, as living standards set to fall. Household disposable income to fall by £1,050 or 3% by 2029. That is a political choice. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Redistribution is off the political agenda.
Show PostHMRC puts 200 billionaires on UK tax crackdown hitlist. Hardly any enablers of tax dodge schemes prosecuted. They get govt contracts. Little transparency of trusts, offshore excursions. Require publication of tax returns of large companies and super rich. Levy exit tax.
Show PostBudget continues with the freeze on tax personal allowance, £12570 since 2021. Fiscal drag increased tax on the less well-off. In 2026-27, a minimum wage earner would pay extra £980 in income tax & NIC. £1,137 in 2027-28. Cost of appeasing the rich. What chance reviving town centres?
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